# Check to make sure that the build environment is sane. -*- Autoconf -*-
# Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005
# Free Software Foundation, Inc.
#
# This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
# gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
# with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
# serial 4
# AM_SANITY_CHECK
# ---------------
AC_DEFUN([AM_SANITY_CHECK],
[AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether build environment is sane])
# Just in case
sleep 1
echo timestamp > conftest.file
# Do `set' in a subshell so we don't clobber the current shell's
# arguments. Must try -L first in case configure is actually a
# symlink; some systems play weird games with the mod time of symlinks
# (eg FreeBSD returns the mod time of the symlink's containing
# directory).
if (
set X `ls -Lt $srcdir/configure conftest.file 2> /dev/null`
if test "$[*]" = "X"; then
# -L didn't work.
set X `ls -t $srcdir/configure conftest.file`
fi
rm -f conftest.file
if test "$[*]" != "X $srcdir/configure conftest.file" \
&& test "$[*]" != "X conftest.file $srcdir/configure"; then
# If neither matched, then we have a broken ls. This can happen
# if, for instance, CONFIG_SHELL is bash and it inherits a
# broken ls alias from the environment. This has actually
# happened. Such a system could not be considered "sane".
AC_MSG_ERROR([ls -t appears to fail. Make sure there is not a broken
alias in your environment])
fi
test "$[2]" = conftest.file
)
then
# Ok.
:
else
AC_MSG_ERROR([newly created file is older than distributed files!
Check your system clock])
fi
AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)])